linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4] ata/pata_buddha: Probe via modalias instead of initcall

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Date:   Mon, 12 Aug 2019 12:55:05 +0200
From:   Max Staudt <max@...as.org>
To:     Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>
Cc:     axboe@...nel.dk, linux-ide@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-m68k@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        glaubitz@...sik.fu-berlin.de, schmitzmic@...il.com,
        geert@...ux-m68k.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] ata/pata_buddha: Probe via modalias instead of
 initcall

Hi Bartlomiej,

Thanks for your feedback!

On 08/12/2019 12:42 PM, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> 
> ide/buddha driver cannot be unloaded currently (it lacks module_exit()).
> 
> [... snip ...]
> 
> It should work exactly like the old code in case of X-Surf,
> what do we need to release?

So what shall I do? Once an X-Surf has been detected, we refuse to unload, and therefore we never have to release X-Surf resources? That would simplify things a lot.

What's a good way to do that, given that we now have module_exit() defined and an exit function is void?

Thanks,
Max